Félix Arteaga is a Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. He has worked as Senior Analyst at the International Affairs and Foreign Policy Institute (INCIPE), and the Duque de Ahumada and Internal Security Institutes of the Guardia Civil. He was Director of the Security Sector Reform Programme of the European Commission in Paraguay (1999-2000).
He has been an Associate Lecturer at the Carlos III University of Madrid and has taught postgraduate classes at the Spanish universities of Navarra, Autónoma and Complutense of Madrid, and the Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado of the UNED.
He holds a PhD in International Relations and a degree in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also holds a degree in Law from the Open University (UNED), is an Officer of the Higher Scale of the Armed Forces (retired) and holds a Diploma in National Security Management from the National Defense University of Washington. Fellow of NATO, WEU and FPI of the Ministry of Education.
Areas of research
Defence policy, international security, European security, national security, cybersecurity and disinformation. His current research focuses on assessing the impact of geopoliticisation on the above issues and the adaptation of policies and societies to the new strategic context in the aftermath of the armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
